Is this hairstyle becoming popular?

My wife has been wearing a heavy weightline mushroom style on and off for almost two years now. Now she is thinking about going for a more bowl like style, over the ears. I have been seeing this style more often on young women, although I would not call it mainstream. What do you folks think about this style? One pic is of my wife's current haircut, the other is of the cut she is thinking about.

The two styles shown are variants on what I would call a mushroom cut.  The latter reminds me of styles that women were wearing in the eighties but that with a modern twist.   I like it but haven't seen many women with such a style -  so whether its a new emerging trend or not is hard to tell.